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Despite the rain, enthusiasm was high in Cranford, with just over 10,000 voters heading to the polls, a 63% turnout. Last year’s turnout was just over 49%.

With more than 6,800 votes, Mayor Tom Hannen beat Republican Richard Buontempo, by more than 2,500 votes, or 62%.

Democrats now have four members on the Township Committee, Hannen, Deputy Mayor Ann Dooley and commissioners Patrick Giblin and Jean Maisonneuve.

In the closely-watched 7th Congressional District race, Cranford gave Democrat Tom Malinowski a 1,871-vote plurality over incumbent Republican Leonard Lance, helping him win the race. And in the US Senate race, Senator Robert Menendez eked out a 688 vote win.

On the county level, Democratic Freeholder candidates Alexander Mirabella, Andrea Staten and Kim Mouded beat their Republican rivals by 1,100 votes. Staten and Mouded will join the board in January. Freeholder Rebecca Williams beat her GOP rival by an even more robust 1,300 votes! She will hold onto Linda Carter’s unexpired term on the Board after Carter’s move to the New Jersey General Assembly.

Tony and Deidre Trama graciously opened their home (again) to the Cranford Democrats for a pre-election House Party.

Senator Nick Scutari, the Union County Democratic Chair (left in red), attended along with Freeholder Vice Chair Bette Jane Kowalski, Freeholder Rebecca Williams, Mayor Tom Hannen, who took a break from campaigning to stop by, and Commissioner Patrick Giblin. Also our amazing Democratic Committee. Thanks to everyone who stopped by and VERY MUCH grateful to the folks who took a couple hours before the party to knock on doors!

In order to ensure that Seniors have the latest information about Vote By Mail and other elections services, Mayor Tom Hannen brought Nicole Dirado, Administrator of the Union County Board of Elections, to the Thursday Club at the Cranford Community Center recently.

Nicole spoke about changes to the state’s Vote by Mail process, and the security of Union County’s voting systems. The week before, she spoke to the Cranford Democrats about voting.

Due to changes in state law, many New Jersey voters have received Vote by Mail ballots even though they had not requested them. If those voters had not “opted out” of voting by mail, they will not be able to use the voting machines on Election Day. They will have to cast a provisional ballot.

The Cranford Democrats gathered on August 22 at Hanson House for a regular, summer meeting.

We were joined by Mayor Tom Hannen, who is running for re-election this year. The Mayor filled the group in on local municipal business, especially the closing of the long, complicated Birchwood agreement. Commissioner Jean-Albert Maisonneuve updated Democrats on the quiet, steady progress on downtown improvements.

A representative from Tom Malinowski’s campaign spoke about a recent poll showing him with a narrow lead over Rep. Leonard Lance. The Malinwski campaign has knocked on more doors than any other House race in the nation, and has already completed TWO waves of door-to-door campaigning in Cranford. They plan many more.

More than 22 (!) volunteers gathered at Track 5 Coffee on Sunday, July 15. Action Together Union County and the Cranford Democrats worked together to send forms and information to voters who might find it easier to vote by mail.

“This turnout shows how active and engaged our volunteers are this year,” said Democratic Chairman John Salerno. “We are 114 days from Election Day and we are just getting started!”

Track 5 was extraordinarily patient with this influx of volunteers on a Sunday afternoon. They all enjoyed their coffee and pastries!

We will be working with our friends at Action Together Union County to schedule more of these projects over the summer.

Tom Malinowski talks to voters outside Kilkenny House.Speaking to a patron at the Cranford Hotel.Mayor Tom Hannen speaks to Tom Malinowski about flood control near the Town Bank Dam off of North Union Avenue.

Democrats were out in force again on Saturday, June 30, working hard to take back the house and #Resist the Trump Agenda!

First off, we staged one of the buses which brought protesters to Washington, DC for the Families Belong Together March, protesting the family separation policy caused by President Trump’s Zero Tolerance policy. Democrats from all over Union County caught the bus at staging areas in New Providence and Cranford. They look pretty good for having gathered here at 5 am!

Later in the morning, Democrats gathered for a summer door-to-door canvass for Congressional candidate Tom Malinowski, who is running against RepublicanLeonardLance. Volunteers from all over the region, of all ages and backgrounds, have knocked on doors in every neighborhood and on almost every street in Cranford.

Democratic volunteers spoke to Cranford voters about November’s General Election in the first townwide canvass of the 2018 General Election Campaign! The canvass was organize by the Tom Malinowski for Congress campaign, and about two dozen volunteers from Cranford and surrounding communities spoke to voters in every neighborhood.

Lauren O’Brien of Scotch Plains

Lacey Rzeszowski, who lives in Summit, ran into the Kelly’s while out campaigning!

Former Commissioner Ed O’Malley and other volunteers preparing to head out into the field

Throughout the year, we will be holding canvasses for the re-election of Mayor Tom Hannen and other Democratic candidates! To take part, contact us here.

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